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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. Mahatma Gandhi as photographed in London in 1931 Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was a key Indian independence movement leader known for employing nonviolent resistance against British Rule to successfully lead the campaign. He was the pioneer of ...
' Experiments of Truth or Autobiography ') is the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, covering his life from early childhood through to 1921. It was written in weekly installments and published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929. Its English translation also appeared in installments in his other journal Young India. [1]
Gandhi's life and teachings inspired many who specifically referred to Gandhi as their mentor or who dedicated their lives to spreading his ideas. In Europe, Romain Rolland was the first to discuss Gandhi in his 1924 book Mahatma Gandhi, and Brazilian anarchist and feminist Maria Lacerda de Moura wrote about
50. “To lose patience is to lose the battle.” 51. “No man loses his freedom except through his own weakness.” 52. “It’s the action, not the fruit of the action, that’s important.
Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography (2016) was the first book he authored. [12] In it, Gandhi's biography is told in pictures, including photographs of Gandhi with members of the Greyville Cricket Club in Durban, a painting of Gandhi having surgery under a hurricane lamp in Poona, an artist's impression of the Great Trial of 1922, and a portrait ...
The life-size statue depicts Gandhi, known as Mahatma, meaning holy one or sage, holding a walking stick, wearing glasses, sandals, a loincloth and shawl. It weighs five tons, including its base.
Gandhi believed that some life forms are more capable of suffering, and non-violence to him meant not having the intent as well as active efforts to minimise hurt, injury or suffering to all life forms. [120] Gandhi explored food sources that reduced violence to various life forms in the food chain. He believed that slaughtering animals is ...
He was appointed as a member of the National Book Trust of India, when it was first established in 1957. [12] [13] His other works include 30 months in Russia (1943), Gandhi in Champaran (1957) and Soviet Sanskriti. He has also edited two books – Jawaharlal Nehru in pictures (1967) and Gandhiji:His life and works (1944).